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Associate Director, Procurement - US Commercial & Medical

BioNTech SE · Berkeley Heights, NJ · 1 mo ago
Purchasing$146k–$234k/yrContract
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities? The posting includes "Your contribution:" which is essentially responsibilities. Also "A good match:" is qualifications/requirements. "Your benefits and remuneration:" includes pay range and benefits. Also location info: "New Jersey, US | full time | Job ID: 11779" and later location description about Cambridge, Massachusetts (maybe location details). We need to preserve all substantive info, but drop boilerplate like cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. Also drop application instructions like "Apply now - We look forward to your application! Apply for our New Jersey, US location and simply send us your documents using our online form." Also drop background check info. Also drop location description about Cambridge? That seems like location info but maybe it's not needed? It's substantive about location, but the job is New Jersey, US location; the Cambridge description seems irrelevant filler. Might be considered boilerplate? It's describing Cambridge, not directly about the job. Likely we should drop it as not directly relevant. The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." The Cambridge paragraph is not about the job; it's generic location fluff. Might be considered boilerplate. Safer to drop it. We need sections: About the role (already present). Responsibilities (Your contribution). Requirements/Qualifications (A good match). Benefits (Your benefits and remuneration includes pay and benefits). Pay (maybe separate but we can include in Benefits section? The rule: Use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). We should include Pay if present. The posting includes "Expected Pay Range: $146,300 / year to $234,100 / year + benefits, annual bonus & equity". So we should have a Pay section. Benefits section also separate. Could combine but better separate as per headings list. Schedule: Not mentioned besides full time. Could we create Schedule section? The posting says "full time". That's schedule info. Should we include Schedule section? The rule: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text. "full time" is specific. So we can include Schedule section with that. We need to avoid repeating job title as heading. Not needed. We need to use
  • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. For prose use

    . We need to preserve all substantive info. Let's extract content. About the role paragraph: "The Associate Director, Commercial & Medical (US Local Support) is a strategic procurement and business partner responsible for enabling US Commercial and Medical activities through effective supplier management and sourcing execution. The role operates within global procurement strategies, frameworks, and governance models, ensuring that local execution in the US is fully aligned with global guidelines while addressing market-specific needs. It drives value, compliance, and consistency across Marketing, Market Access, Commercial Services, and Medical Affairs." We should not repeat the job title as heading, but we can keep the description. Responsibilities (Your contribution): It lists several bullet-like sentences but not formatted as list. We can convert to

    • . The text: "Strategic Business Partnering (Aligned to Global Frameworks) Act as primary procurement partner for US Commercial and Medical stakeholders Translate global category strategies and guidelines into effective local execution Provide strategic input to ensure US requirements are reflected in global approaches Support delivery across: Commercial: Marketing, Communications, Events, Market Research & Data Market Access & Commercial Services: Pricing, HEOR, external sales force, commercialization strategy Medical Affairs: medical information, advisory boards, medical writing and patient engagement Execution of Sourcing Strategies (Global-to-Local) Execute sourcing activities in alignment with global category strategies and preferred supplier frameworks Lead local RFPs, negotiations, and contracting within defined governance Ensure consistent application of global tools, templates, and processes Identify and escalate gaps between global strategies and local business needs Supplier Management, Governance & Value Delivery Manage the US supplier landscape in alignment with global supplier strategies, preferred vendor models and category objectives Apply global procurement policies, governance frameworks, KPIs and performance management standards consistently in local execution Ensure compliance with US healthcare requirements and maintain audit-ready documentation aligned with global standards Drive supplier consolidation, standardization, innovation and continuous improvement in collaboration with global category teams Deliver cost savings and value creation in line with global targets, supported by spend transparency, benchmarks, data and analytics Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, scalability, risk mitigation and overall supplier performance" We need to keep all that. Could treat each line as list item. Some lines have colons and sublists. We could keep as plain text within
    • . Might be okay. Requirements/Qualifications (A good match): "Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred A minimum of 6 years’ experience in Procurement, Commercial or Medical support functions (Life Sciences preferred) Strong understanding of US market combined with experience in global operating models Proven ability to work in matrix organizations and balance global vs. local priorities" We can make list. Benefits: list of benefits from "Benefits include but are not limited to:" then list items. We'll extract each benefit line. Pay: "Expected Pay Range: $146,300 / year to $234,100 / year + benefits, annual bonus & equity (bonus and equity is variable and dependent on company and individual performance). Compensation for the role will depend on several factors, including responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities." We can put that as prose

      . Schedule: "full time" maybe also location New Jersey, US. Could include location in schedule? Not needed. We'll just put Schedule: full time. We also have location info: "New Jersey, US | full time | Job ID: 11779". Job ID we drop per instruction: do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short

      or drop it. So we could include a short

      with location and employment type maybe. But we already have Schedule section for full time. Location maybe we can include in a short

      under About the role? But we might drop it as minor metadata. However location is substantive? The job location is New Jersey, US. Might be worth preserving. Could include a

      at top: "Location: New Jersey, US". Not a heading. That's okay. We must not include application instructions, background check, etc. Now construct HTML. Structure:

      Location: New Jersey, US

      About the role

      The Associate Director, Commercial & Medical (US Local Support) is a strategic procurement and business partner responsible for enabling US Commercial and Medical activities through effective supplier management and sourcing execution. The role operates within global procurement strategies, frameworks, and governance models, ensuring that local execution in the US is fully aligned with global guidelines while addressing market-specific needs. It drives value, compliance, and consistency across Marketing, Market Access, Commercial Services, and Medical Affairs.

      Responsibilities

      • Strategic Business Partnering (Aligned to Global Frameworks)
        • Act as primary procurement partner for US Commercial and Medical stakeholders
        • Translate global category strategies and guidelines into effective local execution
        • Provide strategic input to ensure US requirements are reflected in global approaches
        • Support delivery across:
          • Commercial: Marketing, Communications, Events, Market Research & Data
          • Market Access & Commercial Services: Pricing, HEOR, external sales force, commercialization strategy
          • Medical Affairs: medical information, advisory boards, medical writing and patient engagement
      • Execution of Sourcing Strategies (Global-to-Local)
        • Execute sourcing activities in alignment with global category strategies and preferred supplier frameworks
        • Lead local RFPs, negotiations, and contracting within defined governance
        • Ensure consistent application of global tools, templates, and processes
        • Identify and escalate gaps between global strategies and local business needs
      • Supplier Management, Governance & Value Delivery
        • Manage the US supplier landscape in alignment with global supplier strategies, preferred vendor models and category objectives
        • Apply global procurement policies, governance frameworks, KPIs and performance management standards consistently in local execution
        • Ensure compliance with US healthcare requirements and maintain audit-ready documentation aligned with global standards
        • Drive supplier consolidation, standardization, innovation and continuous improvement in collaboration with global category teams
        • Deliver cost savings and value creation in line with global targets, supported by spend transparency, benchmarks, data and analytics
        • Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, scalability, risk mitigation and overall supplier performance
      But nesting lists may be okay. However rule: Use
      • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. It didn't forbid nested lists. Could keep simple flat list with each bullet as a line. Simpler: just each line as
      • . Might lose some structure but still preserve info. Let's do flat list for simplicity. Thus:

        Responsibilities

        • Strategic Business Partnering (Aligned to Global Frameworks)
        • Act as primary procurement partner for US Commercial and Medical stakeholders
        • Translate global category strategies and guidelines into effective local execution
        • Provide strategic input to ensure US requirements are reflected in global approaches
        • Support delivery across:
          • Commercial: Marketing, Communications, Events, Market Research & Data
          • Market Access & Commercial Services: Pricing, HEOR, external sales force, commercialization strategy
          • Medical Affairs: medical information, advisory boards, medical writing and patient engagement
        • Execution of Sourcing Strategies (Global-to-Local)
        • Execute sourcing activities in alignment with global category strategies and preferred supplier frameworks
        • Lead local RFPs, negotiations, and contracting within defined governance
        • Ensure consistent application of global tools, templates, and processes
        • Identify and escalate gaps between global strategies and local business needs
        • Supplier Management, Governance & Value Delivery
        • Manage the US supplier landscape in alignment with global supplier strategies, preferred vendor models and category objectives
        • Apply global procurement policies, governance frameworks, KPIs and performance management standards consistently in local execution
        • Ensure compliance with US healthcare requirements and maintain audit-ready documentation aligned with global standards
        • Drive supplier consolidation, standardization, innovation and continuous improvement in collaboration with global category teams
        • Deliver cost savings and value creation in line with global targets, supported by spend transparency, benchmarks, data and analytics
        • Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, scalability, risk mitigation and overall supplier performance
        But we have duplicated headings inside list items (like "Strategic Business Partnering (Aligned to Global Frameworks)") which is okay as list item. Now Requirements:

        Requirements

        • Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred
        • A minimum of 6 years’ experience in Procurement, Commercial or Medical support functions (Life Sciences preferred)
        • Strong understanding of US market combined with experience in global operating models
        • Proven ability to work in matrix organizations and balance global vs. local priorities
        Pay:

        Pay

        Expected Pay Range: $146,300 / year to $234,100 / year + benefits

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